A drum (10,12) for receiving, transporting and discharging long metal products (P), such as bar or the like, preferably coming from a hot rolling mill: the drum includes at least one pair of channels (C1-C2) extending longitudinally axially and the channels being around the circumference of the drum, the channels simultaneously receive two long products (P1,P2), respectively one long product in each one of the channels that is part of the pair. Also a method and a system for handling long rolled products coming from different strands of a rolling mill are disclosed.